DREAM THEATER Audio Interview

[HMXMusoman]

Just up here http://www.rockband.com/blog/entry/403585

A spiffy new interview with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater...to commemorate one of the toughest tracks in the history ofg Rock Band.

He's the first one I've interviewed that plays the game himself, and was amazed that we managed to get the DT songs mapped to a single bass drum...he always plays double.

Hope you all enjoy...More to come!
Brett

[fireshoes]

Awesome, thanks!

[HellishFiend]

Nice, I like these.

[Der_Lex]

Good stuff. Props to the interviewer for bringing up Transatlantic...one of the best 'supergroups' I know. Shame they don't have anything planned for the future...but that talk of a Liquid Tension Experiment reunion makes me very happy.

[schmeankman]

Great listen!

[davidshek]

Was wondering when a thread about this was going to appear

Listened to it last night, excellent stuff! I think it's funny that when he and his son play RB, he plays guitar and not drums

One of my favorite drummers of all time, and it's fascinating to hear interviews where he talks about his OCD. He's mentioned it a few times on his instructional DVD's, and it totally explains why his parts are always so perfect both in the studio and live.

A perfectionist is a good thing to have behind the drums!

[A-Rock]

"How are people going to play some of those double bass patterns?" "Um...with great difficulty."

A true classic right there.

[HMXMusoman]

Good stuff. Props to the interviewer for bringing up Transatlantic...one of the best 'supergroups' I know. Shame they don't have anything planned for the future...but that talk of a Liquid Tension Experiment reunion makes me very happy.

I'm with you there...I saw Transatlantic on their only Boston show, playing for a near-empty house behind the first album, and they were truly amazing. I did hear that three-quarters of Transatlantic (minus the bass player who's touring with Marillion) are playing a prog festival somewhere-- I guess Portnoy thought I was asking about a full-fledged reunion which still seems a ways off.

Thanks for all the response!

[NickTheNewbie]

I'm with you there...I saw Transatlantic on their only Boston show, playing for a near-empty house behind the first album, and they were truly amazing. I did hear that three-quarters of Transatlantic (minus the bass player who's touring with Marillion) are playing a prog festival somewhere-- I guess Portnoy thought I was asking about a full-fledged reunion which still seems a ways off.

Thanks for all the response!

Ok it's settled: "All of the above" in rock band 2

[Der_Lex]

I'm with you there...I saw Transatlantic on their only Boston show, playing for a near-empty house behind the first album, and they were truly amazing. I did hear that three-quarters of Transatlantic (minus the bass player who's touring with Marillion) are playing a prog festival somewhere-- I guess Portnoy thought I was asking about a full-fledged reunion which still seems a ways off.

Thanks for all the response!

Neat. I saw them live on the tour for their second album, but the not-so-small venue was absolutely packed! Holland has always been a very prog-minded country, I guess. I've always thought Neil Morse was the one holding off possible reunions because he only wanted to make religious music from now on (I still sorely miss him in Spock's Beard), so the fact that 'the door is open' was already good news for me.

Having some Transatlantic in the game would be great, but not too many of their songs go under the 10-minute mark. I'll settle for some DLC from the component bands (DT, Spock's Beard, Flowr Kings, Marillion), though

And, as others have said before me, great job on the interview!